Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 16: The Legion and the Flag Award (1)

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The position of company captain that was vacant after Capps was promoted. Daves proposed to use the twenty branch captains of the five companies under the first brigade as candidates for the soldiers to select. After the results came out, To Davers's surprise, Matonis was elected. The reasons are: first, he protects his shortcomings, so soldiers love him; second, he is brave and respected by soldiers.

The soldiers of the second squadron are composed of mercenaries brought by Dracos, Sesta, and Adrianx. Because Dracos brings the most mercenaries, coupled with its bravery and tenacity in combat, Therefore, the three of them often dominated by him when fighting, so Dracos served as the captain of the team. Sesta and Adrianx were the captains of the first and second companies of the second team.

The soldiers of the third battalion were converted from the sixth and seventh infantry companies of the original Daves mercenary (mainly soldiers of the expeditionary army who joined in Byzantium), the original citizens of Amendorara, and the slaves of the heavy camp. People, and a small number of Dracos and their mercenaries, the group leader is Hironimos. He originally served as the leader of the mercenaries in Persia, but this time he is considered to be a "reinstatement of an official". Agarcia served as the captain of the first company of the third group.

Then came the Seventh Battalion, the Light Infantry Battalion. The Battalion was captained by Epithenis and concurrently as the captain of the first company, the captain of the second company was Zpit, and the captain of the third company Alpens, totaling more than 600 people.

There is also the cavalry team, Captain Ryders.

Daves also made strict regulations on the helmets of officers at all levels: the cap of the captain must be decorated with white caps, the cap of the company captain must be red, and the cap of the captain must be red. It is purple, and the cap of the captain's helmet is red, white and purple. At the same time, it is also stipulated that the crown and hat of the team officers must be arranged from front to back to facilitate unity and combat. Of course, Daves just made regulations, and the Treasury didn't have the money to help the team officers refit, and they could only rely on themselves.

However, as soon as the regulations came out, the team officials immediately paid for it and tried to find ways to go to Heraclea or Turiyi Weapon Shop (Amendorara at this moment is a waste of time, there are no shops) to modify, because of this It is the honor of the soldier. In his previous life Daves watched movies and TV, always thinking that the helmets of ancient Western generals were decorated with tall caps just to show their different identities, but they were actually flashy. After more than half a year of combat career, Daves deeply realized that this kind of dress is necessary: ​​in the fierce battle between the two sides, the time is long and the formation is easy to be chaotic. Once the soldiers leave the team and lose their organization, they can be crowded. In the dense forest, in addition to looking for the flag, you can also find the team officers through the towering and gorgeous caps, and automatically move closer to the officers to reorganize the formation and restore combat effectiveness. In addition, the herald can easily find the location of the team leader and general, and convey new orders from the superior in time. This is just like the military rank system in the previous life, except that in the Cold Weapon era, if the generals' rank marks are placed on their shoulders, even soldiers with strong eyes will not be able to see them on the dusty and killing battlefield.

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In the early morning, the citizens of Amendorara, as well as the free people, came to the square fully armed.

The freedmen had just left slavery and had no money to purchase weapons and equipment.

But after the failure of the last Battle of Turri, in order to allow the Davos mercenaries to continue to defend the Subari Plain and contain the Lucanians, Turri gave the mercenaries thousands of complete weapons and equipment. After the annihilation of the Lucania coalition forces, the mercenaries took off nearly 10,000 sets of shields, guns and armor from thousands of corpses (including the camp where Lucania was burned to ruins). Of course, these weapons and equipment belonged to all mercenaries. , And should not be included in the Amendola weapons warehouse.

On the issue of how to distribute these trophies, the team officials had heated discussions, and the more unanimous opinion was that the money obtained from the sale of the trophies should be shared equally with each soldier. Daves put forward his own proposal: wounded and disabled soldiers set up a weapons shop in the Amendorara market to repair and sell weapons and equipment seized in the battle, and the profits obtained are used to subsidize those now and in the future. The lives of soldiers wounded or disabled in battle.

This suggestion was immediately unanimously endorsed by the team officers. Later, the soldiers knew about it, and they were all grateful to Daves. After all, no one can guarantee that they will not be injured in the future, but with these "disability allowances" ", so that they have less scruples about fighting.

So a large weapons shop quickly opened in the market and launched its own signature "legion" with a large storefront and a lot of weapons and equipment. Considering that the full set of heavy infantry equipment is worth 400 to 600 drachmas, The price is high, so it is also allowed to rent. Even if the rent is not a small amount, the free people are still willing to rent because they know that only by joining the army and participating in combat can they quickly become citizens and obtain land! At the same time, being a soldier is the glory of citizens, and it is the best way for freedmen to quickly improve their city-state status!

But where does the money for rent come from? The freedmen did not worry for too long. They soon discovered that a bank called "Christoia" was opened in the market, with very low interest rates (compared to the loan interest of the Greek city-states at the time), and it is well known that Kli Stoya is the wife of Archon Davers. These free people who had accompanied the mercenaries to battle for thousands of miles knew what Davers was and decided to borrow money from this bank. This also became the first loan of Kristia Bank.

Now, when the soldiers arrived in the square, they found their own squad, and began to merge into the squad under the leadership of each squad leader, and then merged into the company to form a small square, and finally entered in order The area specified by the brigade. Although the whole process was a bit slow, it was not chaotic, and finally three large squares were formed in an orderly manner.

Only the third team is still in the whole team...

Filisius frowned slightly when he saw Daves on the stage, and hurriedly said, "My lord, the source of the soldiers of the third squadron is the most complicated, especially those freedmen who have never received military training before, and Amendorara’s The original citizens have not received rigorous training, so—"

Daves interrupted him: "I understand, so Hironimos has a heavy responsibility. I heard that he asked a lot of veterans from the first brigade, and even Capus, who was always friendly, followed He is in a hurry."

"Yes, my lord. Hieronymus is also anxious, he is a very responsible person!" Felicius explained tactfully.

Davers smiled: "Soldiers, there must be a serious and unwillingness to do things, I believe Hieronymus will quickly let the third team catch up!"

Next, he asked: "Are those Lucarias coming?"

"Here." Felicius pointed to a small **** in the southeast corner of the square, and said worriedly: "My lord, there are eight or nine hundred of them. In case of chaos--"

"That's right!" Daves said disapprovingly: "The soldiers on the square can kill them nearby. I don't think Weisba and his son will be so stupid. Not to mention even the women of their clan. Most of our citizens’ wives are also outside today to cheer for their husbands..."

Davers looked at the hillside in the distance and ordered: "Beat the drum."

The drummer waved his drumsticks and began to beat the drum in front of him rhythmically.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Hearing the sound of drums, the soldiers on the square began to step on the spot and continued to adjust their formation. When the four square formations were all in order, the footsteps were all in order, "Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The magnificent stepping startled the birds to fly around and the wild beasts to flee, like thunder in the sky, shaking the mountains...

The old citizens such as Cornelus were shocked to lose their countenance, and muttered to themselves: "This is...Is this the army that shocked Persia and annihilated the Lucanians! It really is...it really is different Fair!"

Seeing this scene, most of the Lucanians were pale and silent.

The women and children outside the court cheered loudly in excitement.

Davos felt the tremor of the mountain, and hurriedly waved his hand to stop.

The drummer hit the drumhead twice and then let go, and the square soon became silent, as if the loud noise had never happened before. A freedman had an itchy throat and just coughed, he was stared back viciously by the veteran squad leader next to him.

Davers took two steps forward on the stage: "Brothers!"

The audience shouted in unison: "Davers!!!"

"How good is your happy life these days?!"

"Okay!!!"

"I'm afraid that life is so good, your feet are soft and you can't wield your shield and spear!"

The soldiers roared in ambiguous laughter.

"Many of you have followed me to fight in Persia to win a reputation! Then I followed me to Great Greece, defeated the Lucaria coalition forces, and made dazzling feats! Now you are all citizens of Amendorara, This is a new beginning! From now on, you will protect Amendorara, develop Amendorara, expand Amendorara, and create immortal glory for future generations!" Daves said impassionedly.

The soldiers waved their stabbing guns up and down, shouting in unison with excitement.

"Wansheng!"

"Wansheng!!"

"Wansheng!!!"

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"You are not a soldier, what are you happy about?" Stromboli couldn't help but say when he saw Anticris next to him holding up his left hand and some excited people cheering along with the soldiers.

"This is the real army! This is the army that Amendorara has longed for!" Anticris said excitedly, and his expression was dimmed after scanning his mutilated right arm. "It's a pity I can't go to war with them anymore..."

Stromboli and Anticlis are old neighbors after all, and the relationship is very good. Instead of continuing to talk coldly, they said with concern: "Did you hate these outsiders for taking your patrol captain?" ?!"